Are you and the addict in your life having regular recovery check-ins? I hope so. Recovery check-ins are a vital component of the repair and trust-building process in relationships impacted by sex addiction. If you’ve asked for check-ins in the past and the addict said some version of, “it feels like you’re my mother (or the principal) and… Continue Reading…

I hear this question from almost every betrayed partner. The simple answer is “yes.” You will trust again. However, you will likely never trust again the way you did pre-discovery, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. The difference between pre-discovery and post-discovery trust is that the source of trust will be based more on your… Continue Reading…

One of the most basic human needs is the need for safety. Whether you’re conscious of it or not, you are continually scanning people, places, and situations to determine your relative level of safety. As a partner of a sex addict, you may feel that there is no safe place to turn. Much of what you assumed to… Continue Reading…

About Vicki Tidwell Palmer LCSW, CSAT, SEP

Vicki is the #1 best-selling author of Moving Beyond Betrayal: The 5-Step Boundary Solution for Partners of Sex Addicts and host of the Beyond Bitchy Podcast: Mastering the Art of Boundaries. She is a blogger, workshop presenter, speaker, and psychotherapist in private practice. Vicki is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner. read more…